Written in 2010, this remains a visceral and moving account of asymmetric warfare between a super-power and unsophisticated but powerfully motivated indigenous insurgents. Junger illuminates the experiences of a small body of US soldiers in a remote valley on the Afghan-Pakistan border, giving a truly remarkable insight into the realities of war and the lives of the men who fight. Perceptibly, he draws comparisons and differences between the Afghan and Vietnam conflicts*. A timely read.
* Compare these with the albeit fictional account of the Vietnam conflict in Karl Marlantes' Matterhorn - bwl 59 Winter 2011.
(Jeremy Miller - bwl 101 Summer 2021 ) |
